In these tough economic times when households have to account for every nickel just to afford groceries, no one who saw the Monsters play the Toronto Marlies on Jan. 24 could accuse them of wasting shots. The Monsters built a 2-0 lead after the first period at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse and then managed only eight […]
In these tough economic times when households have to account for every nickel just to afford groceries, no one who saw the Monsters play the Toronto Marlies on Jan. 24 could accuse them of wasting shots. The Monsters built a 2-0 lead after the first period at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse and then managed only eight shots on goal in the final two frames. They scored on five of those eight shots, though, to outlast their rivals from the AHL North, 7-5. A crowd of 7,059 went home happy. Getting two points in the standings to improve to 25-11-1-1 and increase […]
Host Syracuse tied the game midway through the third period, then won the shootout after a scoreless overtime period to beat the Monsters, 3-2, on Jan. 13. After Syracuse opened the scoring with a goal just over 5 minutes into the game, Cleveland’s Mikael Pyyhtia tied it at 1-1 with 11:38 remaining in the first […]
Left winger James Malatesta scored two goals, and the Monsters had no problem with visiting Belleville, 5-1, on Dec. 14. Malatesta, a 2021 fifth-round pick, has seven goals this season. Marcus Bjork added a power-play goal, and Roman Ahcan and Corson Ceulemans each tallied once. Hunter McKown had four assists. Jet Greaves made 33 saves. The Monsters held Belleve to 0 of 3 on power plays. Cleveland (15-7-1-0) was playing its first home game in 11 days. The victory ended a two-game skid. The teams meet again Dec. 15 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.